Dental patients’ knowledge, attitudes and experiences related to voluntary counselling and testing for HIV in the dental setting in eThekwini district, KwaZulu-Natal
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Abstract
Globally, the number of people unaware of their HIV status, and the rate of transmission of the disease, remains high. Scaling up of HIV testing opportunities and settings, particularly in the dental clinical setting, is needed to address this major public health concern.